When is Danae’s name day?

• Holy Martyr Danax the ReaderA reader of the church of Avlona in Illyricum who, according to tradition, rescued the sacred vessels from the pagans and was beheaded for refusing to sacrifice to Dionysus.Danax was a reader at the church of Avlona in Illyricum. When pagans stormed the church, he took the sacred vessels and treasures and hid them in a fortified place five miles outside the city, toward the sea, so they would not be desecrated.Read more

In Latin letters

Danai, Danae

English equivalents

Danae

In Greek

Δανάη

Celebrated by custom on the feast of St Danax the Reader.